Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2017-919)

FTP PWD response parser out of bounds read libcurl may read outside of a heap allocated buffer when doing FTP. When libcurl connects to an FTP server and successfully logs in anonymous or not, it asks the server for the current directory with the PWD command. The server then responds with a 257...

Amazon Linux AMI : golang (ALAS-2017-918)

Arbitrary code execution during go get or go get -d : Go before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 allows 'go get' remote command execution. Using custom domains, it is possible to arrange things so that example.com/pkg1 points to a Subversion repository but example.com/pkg1/pkg2 points to a Git...

Amazon Linux AMI : openvpn (ALAS-2017-920)

OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly resulting in code execution. CVE-2017-12166 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.8.0-openjdk (ALAS-2017-917)

Multiple unbounded memory allocations in deserialization Serialization, 8174109 Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Serialization. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u161, 7u151, 8u144 and 9; Java SE Embedded: 8u144;...

Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat8 / tomcat80,tomcat7 (ALAS-2017-913)

A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat where if a servlet context was configured with readonly=false and HTTP PUT requests were allowed, an attacker could upload a JSP file to that context and achieve code execution. CVE-2017-12617 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Amazon Linux AMI : wget (ALAS-2017-916)

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling A heap-based buffer overflow, when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses, was found in wget. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby24 (ALAS-2017-915)

Arbitrary heap exposure during a JSON.generate call Ruby through 2.2.7, 2.3.x through 2.3.4, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 can expose arbitrary memory during a JSON.generate call. The issues lies in using strdup in ext/json/ext/generator/generator.c, which will stop after encountering a '\0' byte,...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Amazon Linux AMI : git (ALAS-2017-910)

The 'git' subcommand 'cvsserver' is a Perl script which makes excessive use of the backtick operator to invoke 'git'. Unfortunately user input is used within some of those invocations. It should be noted, that 'git-cvsserver' will be invoked by 'git-shell' by default without further configuration...

Amazon Linux AMI : samba (ALAS-2017-909)

Server memory information leak over SMB1 : An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot...

Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2017-911)

Potential use-after-free in TLS 1.2 server when verifying client authentication : A use-after-free flaw was found in the TLS 1.2 implementation in the NSS library when client authentication was used. A malicious client could use this flaw to cause an application compiled against NSS to crash or,...

Amazon Linux AMI : emacs (ALAS-2017-912)

Command injection flaw within 'enriched mode' handling : A command injection flaw within the Emacs 'enriched mode' handling has been discovered. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted file using Emacs, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql96 (ALAS-2017-908)

The pgusermappings view discloses passwords to users lacking server privileges : An authorization flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL handled access to the pgusermappings view on foreign servers. A remote authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to retrieve passwords from the user...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssh (ALAS-2017-898)

A covert timing channel flaw was found in the way OpenSSH handled authentication of non-existent users. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine valid user names by measuring the timing of server responses. CVE-2016-6210 It was found that OpenSSH did not limit...

Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2017-900)

An issue in file allowed an attacker to overwrite a fixed 20-byte stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2017-900...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-901)

A buffer overflow was discovered in tpacketrcv function in the Linux kernel since v4.6-rc1 through v4.13. A number of socket-related syscalls can be made to set up a configuration when each packet received by a network interface can cause writing up to 10 bytes to a kernel memory outside of a...

Amazon Linux AMI : nagios (ALAS-2017-899)

Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.5, 1.9 before 1.9.4, and 1.10 before 1.10.2 allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service crash via a long string in the last key value in...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby22 / ruby23 (ALAS-2017-906)

SMTP command injection via CRLF sequences in RCPT TO or MAIL FROM commands in Net::SMTP A SMTP command injection flaw was found in the way Ruby's Net::SMTP module handled CRLF sequences in certain SMTP commands. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to inject SMTP commands in a SMTP session...

Amazon Linux AMI : 389-ds-base (ALAS-2017-905)

Password brute-force possible for locked account due to different return codes : A flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base handled authentication attempts against locked accounts. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to continue password brute-forcing attacks against LDAP accounts,...

Amazon Linux AMI : dnsmasq (ALAS-2017-907)

Information leak in the DHCPv6 relay code An information leak was found in dnsmasq in the DHCPv6 relay code. An attacker on the local network could send crafted DHCPv6 packets to dnsmasq causing it to forward the contents of process memory, potentially leaking sensitive data. CVE-2017-14494 Memor...